Jammu, March 28 -- Considering demand of the treasury and opposition benches, the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly Abdul Rahim Rather on Friday asked the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference (NC) government to come up with a draft bill to address fake news misinformation in the Union Territory.

Rather issued the directive following a discussion in the House, initiated by BJP MLA Ranbir Singh Pathania.

Pathania stated that with the advent of social media, several unregistered news portals and pages in Jammu and Kashmir have been peddling fake news and some among them have launched a disinformation campaign against politicians including members of the House. "There is a mushroom growth of online portals, pages and ch...